United States Payroll Employment for the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on January 9, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in December 2022, the number of US payroll employment for the sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores industry was 547,200 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 3,700 jobs to the sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores industry in December 2022.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to December 2022.

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US Payroll Employment for the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 586900
February 2002 588700 1800
March 2002 596000 7300
April 2002 599600 3600
May 2002 597800 -1800
June 2002 600600 2800
July 2002 598800 -1800
August 2002 597600 -1200
September 2002 595400 -2200
October 2002 591000 -4400
November 2002 581500 -9500
December 2002 574500 -7000
January 2003 590400 15900
February 2003 590100 -300
March 2003 588600 -1500
April 2003 588300 -300
May 2003 587200 -1100
June 2003 585600 -1600
July 2003 586200 600
August 2003 584300 -1900
September 2003 589900 5600
October 2003 582100 -7800
November 2003 575400 -6700
December 2003 576100 700
January 2004 583800 7700
February 2004 584700 900
March 2004 585600 900
April 2004 582700 -2900
May 2004 585400 2700
June 2004 584900 -500
July 2004 584800 -100
August 2004 585900 1100
September 2004 597100 11200
October 2004 590600 -6500
November 2004 587400 -3200
December 2004 585500 -1900
January 2005 590700 5200
February 2005 589200 -1500
March 2005 591200 2000
April 2005 593900 2700
May 2005 595800 1900
June 2005 597700 1900
July 2005 601700 4000
August 2005 602000 300
September 2005 603000 1000
October 2005 604300 1300
November 2005 602500 -1800
December 2005 602300 -200
January 2006 604900 2600
February 2006 606900 2000
March 2006 605700 -1200
April 2006 605700 0
May 2006 604200 -1500
June 2006 604400 200
July 2006 602400 -2000
August 2006 605300 2900
September 2006 603800 -1500
October 2006 601700 -2100
November 2006 612000 10300
December 2006 611300 -700
January 2007 618000 6700
February 2007 619100 1100
March 2007 619700 600
April 2007 621900 2200
May 2007 623500 1600
June 2007 622000 -1500
July 2007 625200 3200
August 2007 619700 -5500
September 2007 623000 3300
October 2007 624800 1800
November 2007 625300 500
December 2007 625000 -300
January 2008 634300 9300
February 2008 629400 -4900
March 2008 623900 -5500
April 2008 615500 -8400
May 2008 620000 4500
June 2008 620400 400
July 2008 615100 -5300
August 2008 623500 8400
September 2008 622600 -900
October 2008 625200 2600
November 2008 617100 -8100
December 2008 611300 -5800
January 2009 607700 -3600
February 2009 598800 -8900
March 2009 596700 -2100
April 2009 592300 -4400
May 2009 592600 300
June 2009 588500 -4100
July 2009 585300 -3200
August 2009 585500 200
September 2009 596600 11100
October 2009 573800 -22800
November 2009 576300 2500
December 2009 580400 4100
January 2010 582700 2300
February 2010 587500 4800
March 2010 580200 -7300
April 2010 580400 200
May 2010 577600 -2800
June 2010 577700 100
July 2010 574900 -2800
August 2010 573600 -1300
September 2010 576800 3200
October 2010 578000 1200
November 2010 580900 2900
December 2010 582900 2000
January 2011 579900 -3000
February 2011 583000 3100
March 2011 580700 -2300
April 2011 578500 -2200
May 2011 577600 -900
June 2011 579000 1400
July 2011 585200 6200
August 2011 583400 -1800
September 2011 585300 1900
October 2011 575900 -9400
November 2011 571200 -4700
December 2011 558400 -12800
January 2012 559900 1500
February 2012 569400 9500
March 2012 577900 8500
April 2012 583700 5800
May 2012 589200 5500
June 2012 594500 5300
July 2012 591400 -3100
August 2012 591900 500
September 2012 589200 -2700
October 2012 584000 -5200
November 2012 583300 -700
December 2012 571700 -11600
January 2013 589300 17600
February 2013 590100 800
March 2013 589800 -300
April 2013 590500 700
May 2013 592600 2100
June 2013 597800 5200
July 2013 602700 4900
August 2013 605700 3000
September 2013 608900 3200
October 2013 615500 6600
November 2013 619700 4200
December 2013 619200 -500
January 2014 611000 -8200
February 2014 605400 -5600
March 2014 611000 5600
April 2014 613400 2400
May 2014 615500 2100
June 2014 615400 -100
July 2014 613100 -2300
August 2014 613900 800
September 2014 622800 8900
October 2014 634300 11500
November 2014 632400 -1900
December 2014 631400 -1000
January 2015 633300 1900
February 2015 629600 -3700
March 2015 629000 -600
April 2015 628300 -700
May 2015 624200 -4100
June 2015 621100 -3100
July 2015 623400 2300
August 2015 617600 -5800
September 2015 618700 1100
October 2015 618600 -100
November 2015 625600 7000
December 2015 624800 -800
January 2016 628300 3500
February 2016 629600 1300
March 2016 628800 -800
April 2016 623000 -5800
May 2016 623600 600
June 2016 621700 -1900
July 2016 621500 -200
August 2016 618100 -3400
September 2016 609800 -8300
October 2016 612600 2800
November 2016 617900 5300
December 2016 617000 -900
January 2017 608400 -8600
February 2017 603500 -4900
March 2017 601500 -2000
April 2017 601000 -500
May 2017 599800 -1200
June 2017 600300 500
July 2017 601100 800
August 2017 601600 500
September 2017 604700 3100
October 2017 606900 2200
November 2017 630200 23300
December 2017 627800 -2400
January 2018 587400 -40400
February 2018 588900 1500
March 2018 591800 2900
April 2018 594300 2500
May 2018 597600 3300
June 2018 594400 -3200
July 2018 560500 -33900
August 2018 557200 -3300
September 2018 555500 -1700
October 2018 554700 -800
November 2018 549400 -5300
December 2018 548200 -1200
January 2019 548500 300
February 2019 547800 -700
March 2019 555700 7900
April 2019 550000 -5700
May 2019 548500 -1500
June 2019 548300 -200
July 2019 550600 2300
August 2019 553700 3100
September 2019 554300 600
October 2019 555100 800
November 2019 555100 0
December 2019 559000 3900
January 2020 558400 -600
February 2020 559000 600
March 2020 540400 -18600
April 2020 347200 -193200
May 2020 383000 35800
June 2020 432800 49800
July 2020 454000 21200
August 2020 465400 11400
September 2020 478100 12700
October 2020 485900 7800
November 2020 480600 -5300
December 2020 497000 16400
January 2021 508300 11300
February 2021 516500 8200
March 2021 517500 1000
April 2021 520700 3200
May 2021 524600 3900
June 2021 529000 4400
July 2021 532600 3600
August 2021 539400 6800
September 2021 541800 2400
October 2021 544000 2200
November 2021 537700 -6300
December 2021 527700 -10000
January 2022 537000 9300
February 2022 539300 2300
March 2022 539200 -100
April 2022 538300 -900
May 2022 541200 2900
June 2022 536600 -4600
July 2022 535700 -900
August 2022 533000 -2700
September 2022 532100 -900
October 2022 539800 7700
November 2022 543500 3700
December 2022 547200 3700